Artak has served his military service in the Russian countryside where he meets Valya. But Valya's mother refuses to send her only daughter to “these far highlands, where earthquakes happen all the time”. Artak is forced to ask his contrasting and numerous relatives –Armenian villagers– to visit a remote Russian village to bring a bride to Armenia.
The members of an amateur theater group share the losses and sorrows of war with Armenian provincial town's inhabitants.
Very popular Soviet Armenian musical about a talented singer, spoiled by his success.
